Turtle beach stock

Potential Comeback Year for Turtle Beach

The stock price of hardware and accessories companies was hammered in 2022.  Turtle Beach (NASDAQ: HEAR) was no exception as the stock price declined 68% from January 2022 to January 2023. Going into 2023, DFC Intelligence is bullish on the category in general.  As the installed base for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S catchup to demand it will naturally result in growth for the accessories side.  Meanwhile, new graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD are resulting in new P.....
Take-Two Interactive Stock

Take-Two Could Have Make or Break 2023

In January 2022, Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced one of the biggest game industry acquisitions ever with a $12+ billion purchase of mobile game provide Zynga.  That news lasted for a week until it was overshadowed by Microsoft’s planned purchase of Activision Blizzard for $68 billion. While the Microsoft/ATVI deal is struggling to get approval, the Take-Two/Zynga deal was easily completed in May.  Now Take-Two is struggling with the difficult process of combin.....
Ubisoft stock

Ubisoft Needs Big Hits

It is no secret that Ubisoft (UBI.PA) has had a rough few years.  In 2022, the stock price was down almost 40%.  However, the decline had started well before.  Ubisoft’s market value has lost about 73% since its peak in mid-2018. Ubisoft has quite a few projects in the works and they need them to do well.  Skull & Bones is a much delayed game that is scheduled for release this March.  Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is an open-work game set in the universe o.....
Konami Stock

Konami Has Big Plans for 2023

In the DFC Intelligence Interactive Entertainment Stock Index, the Konami Group (9766.T-JP: Tokyo) was one of the strongest performers with a 5% increase in stock price from January 2022 to January 2023.  The overall index was down 30%. Konami was actually one of the few companies to have a nice run in mid-2022.  In early June Konami stock was actually up 58% from January 2022.  Unfortunately, results for the first half of the year were just OK, nothing to get excited ab.....
CD Projekt Stock

CD Projekt is a Dark Horse

CD Projekt (OTC: OTGLY) is a Polish video game company whose stock was hammered after the December 2020 release of Cyberpunk 2077.  After a major drop in value during 2021, CD Projekt stock fell a further 40% in 2022. However, Cyberpunk 2077 is looking like a strong performer going into 2023.  CD Projekt has also announced a major strategy based around the.....
Square Enix Stock

Is Square Enix Trying to Do Too Much?

For 2022, Square Enix (9684.T-JP: Tokyo) (OTC: SQNNY)  stock was down 1%.  This compares with a 30% decline for the DFC Intelligence Video Game Stock Index.  However, among Japanese video game companies, Square Enix was one of the weaker performers.  Overall Japanese video game companies had a strong stock price increase of 15%. The big news from Square Enix has been the sale of Western assets and IP to the.....
EA Stock Price

Electronic Arts Had Strong 2022

For 2022, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) was one of the strongest performers in the DFC Intelligence Interactive Entertainment Stock Index.  Of course, 2022 was a down year for most stocks and EA was no exception.  However, the decline in EA’s stock price in 2022 was only 8% versus an average 30% for the index. As DFC reported, Electronic Arts was able to maintain revenue even in the absence of new products rele.....

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